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Dr. Malati Das

Former IAS Officer & Chief Secretary
Planning & Statistics

Dr Malati Das has worked as an IAS officer in the state of Karnataka. She retired as Chief Secretary. As Additional Chief Secretary, Planning and Statistics, she developed the conceptual framework, and managed the preparation of the Karnataka Human Development Report 2005. As Secretary, Women and Child Development, she developed a gender action plan for the state known as the Karnataka Women's Development Plan. Dr. Das has worked with the World Bank as a consultant in Ethiopia, Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Bangalore, and currently she is an advisor with Janaagraha

Dr. S.T. Ramesh

Former DG & IG, Karnataka

Dr S.T. Ramesh worked as an IPS officer in the state of Karnataka. He retired as the DGP of Karnataka in 2011. He was the Central Intelligence Office, Intelligence Bureau, Bangalore, Deputy IG CID, & IG Police Computer Wing & State Crime Record Bureau, where he digitized the crime record of Karnataka. He represented India for various overseas programs related to police & security, including the Atlanta Olympics, 1996. He has also received various accolades viz. the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service – Independence Day 1995, President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service – Independence Day 2007

Yes, anyone can become a police officer. However, you have to fulfill the conditions and standards laid down for that particular rank. For example, to join as a constable you need to have at least passed high school. To join as a Sub Inspector you need to be a graduate.

Digitization and minimizing public interface are believed to reduce corruption to a great extent. Governments in the country have been trying to introduce e-governance and digitization in several aspects of governance and delivery of public services. There is still greater scope to implement digitization and meet public expectations.

This appears to be a bribe demand. Please don’t succumb to the pressure of the police officer. Instead please meet a police officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police or above in your area and explain to him the demand for bribe and your need for getting Police verification done.

It is too early to say whether introduction of GST can bring down corruption or not. There are opportunities for official or bureaucratic corruption as long as there is enforcement. However, it is generally believed that introduction of GST would reduce tax evasion, widen tax base of indirect taxes. Since one of the features of GST is the abolition of interstate check-posts which were cesspools of corruption, it is certain to reduce corruption to that extent. Since GST largely deals with online transactions and filing of returns, corruption is likely to reduce due to reduced human interface.

Karnataka State Police (KSP) has been computerizing in a big way since year 2000. Apart from putting hardware in every police office in the State including about 1000 Police Stations, laptops have been provided to senior officers. A massive software covering all activities of Police is up and running. A robust LAN and WAN is functioning for data transfer. Apart from the above, several e-governance initiatives and digitization of functions have been carried out. Most of these initiatives have reduced citizen interface resulting in reduction of corruption. For more details please approach Additional Director General of Police, Police Computer Wing, 7th Floor, MS Building, Bangalore in person or through mail.

All information on the subject indicates the beedi industry is primarily home based where beedi rolling is concerned. Only 10 per cent of beedies is produced in factories. Establishment of a factory requires clearance under the Factories Act 1948.

Paramilitary forces like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Assam Rifles, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the National Security Guard (NSG) are armed policing organisations established for special duties by the central government. They are structured along

the lines of the army and thus called paramilitary. They help the police in counter- insurgency or anti-terrorist activities and in moments of civil unrest.

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